Marriage and Issue
By 1462 Jan II married Katharina (b. 1443 – d. 14 April 1505), daughter of Duke William I of Opava. They had five daughters:
- Margareta (b. 1465 – d. aft. 1502), married firstly by 28 March 1484 to Miklós Bánffy de Limbow and secondly with Johann Hampo.
- Salome (b. aft. 11 January 1475 – d. bef. 30 September 1514), married firstly on 11 January 1487 to Albert I of Poděbrady, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica (Münsterberg-Oels), and secondly in 1512 to Johann IV of Kurzbach, Baron von Trachenberg-Militsch.
- Hedwig (b. October 1476 – d. Ziębice, 15 February 1524), married firstly on July 1489 to George I of Poděbrady, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica (Münsterberg-Oels), and secondly on 23 October 1503 to Sigismund, Baron of Wartenberg.
- Anna (b. ca. 1480 – d. Zabkowice, Silesia, 28 October 1541), married on 3 March 1495 to Charles I of Poděbrady, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica (Münsterberg-Oels).
- Barbara (b. ca. 1481 – d. 6 April 1539), Abbess of St. Klara in Strzelin (1495).
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